Scripts used to build R 3.3.x - 3.6.x on Windows
This repository was used to build daily R-devel installers and official R releases of R 3.3 - 3.6. As of R version 4.0 (April 2020), we have switched to a new build system based on rtools40, found here: https://github.com/r-windows/r-base.
The current repository will be kept around for historical purposes (and it may still work) but is no longer maintained.
Building R on Windows requires the following tools:
- Rtools 3.5 compiler toolchain
- Recent MiKTeX + packages
fancyvrb,inconsolata,epsf,mptopdf,url - Inno Setup to build the installer
- Perl such as Strawberry Perl
Each of these can also be installed using chocolatey:
choco install rtools --version=3.5.0.4
choco install miktex
choco install innosetup
choco install strawberryperl
Alternatively, the appveyor-tools.ps1 powershell script can also be used for unattended installation of these tools.
To build manually first clone this repository plus dependencies:
git clone https://github.com/rwinlib/base
cd base
git submodule update --init
Running build-r-devel.bat or build-r-patched.bat will automatically download the latest R-devel.tar.gz or R-patched.tar.gz and start the build.
build-r-devel.bat
The appveyor.yml file has more details.
This repository is used for daily builds on appveyor which get deployed on the ftp server. See appveyor.md and appveyor.yml for configuration details.
For release manager:
- Uncomment and update the release url in
appveyor.yml - Commit to temp branch, tag release locally and push tag to GH.
- Download artifact from AppVeyor. Edit tag to attach zip and release.
- Create new dir in
base/old/on the FTP and unzip the files - Rename
md5sum.txtfile and copy files tobase/ - Copy (dont symlink)
R-x.y.z-win.exetoR-x.y.zpatched-win.exeas placeholder until R-patched is uploaded tomorrow